RTECS NUMBER : GG2900000
CHEMICAL NAME : Cobalt(III) oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1308-04-9
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Co2-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 165.86
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .CO2.O3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* C.I. 77323
* Cobaltic oxide
* Cobalt oxide
* Cobalt(3+) oxide
* Cobalt peroxide
* Cobalt sesqioxide
* Cobalt sesquioxide
* Cobalt trioxide
* Dicobalt oxide
* Dicobalt trioxide
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Vascular - regional or general arteriolar or venous dilation
Liver - other changes
Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
INMEAF Industrial Medicine. (Chicago, IL) V.1-18, 1932-49. For publisher
information, see IOHSA5. Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,482,1946
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2064 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
ZVKOA6 Zhurnal Vsesoyuznogo Khimicheskogo Obshchestva im. D.I. Mendeleeva.
Journal of the D.I. Mendeleeva All-Union Chemical Society. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.5- 1960-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,186,1974
*** REVIEWS ***
IARC Cancer Review:Human Inadequate Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,363,1991
IARC Cancer Review:Group 2B
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,363,1991
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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